Comments on: How to make your music loud http://productionadvice.co.uk/how-to-make-your-music-loud/ unlock the potential of your music Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:59:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: illikon http://productionadvice.co.uk/how-to-make-your-music-loud/comment-page-1/#comment-2748 illikon Sat, 07 Aug 2010 10:18:30 +0000 http://productionadvice.co.uk/?p=2000#comment-2748 Man, it's been years since audio school and I'd forgotten how useful the rock & roll methods are for electronic music! It's all about the multiband compression, and to be honest I'd almost forgotten how important it is to mix your track dry before even thinking about compression. Thanks! Man, it’s been years since audio school and I’d forgotten how useful the rock & roll methods are for electronic music! It’s all about the multiband compression, and to be honest I’d almost forgotten how important it is to mix your track dry before even thinking about compression.

Thanks!

]]> By: Petri Suhonen http://productionadvice.co.uk/how-to-make-your-music-loud/comment-page-1/#comment-2635 Petri Suhonen Sun, 16 May 2010 16:51:04 +0000 http://productionadvice.co.uk/?p=2000#comment-2635 Ian, Excellent article! I think it's time for me to stop squashing my mixes with compression and actually learn to use it in a proper way. :) thanks! Ian,

Excellent article! I think it’s time for me to stop squashing my mixes with compression and actually learn to use it in a proper way. :)

thanks!

]]> By: Marko http://productionadvice.co.uk/how-to-make-your-music-loud/comment-page-1/#comment-2159 Marko Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:13:44 +0000 http://productionadvice.co.uk/?p=2000#comment-2159 Hi Ian, "Louder is better, but too loud is worse." Short and sweet. Also, thanks for spilling your compression settings. Coming more from the compositional side, I totally appreciate getting some guide lines for mixing and mastering from a working pro to help make my home-studio productions sound better. Hi Ian,

“Louder is better, but too loud is worse.”

Short and sweet.

Also, thanks for spilling your compression settings.
Coming more from the compositional side, I totally appreciate getting some guide lines for mixing and mastering from a working pro to help make my home-studio productions sound better.

]]> By: Brian Hazard http://productionadvice.co.uk/how-to-make-your-music-loud/comment-page-1/#comment-2141 Brian Hazard Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:38:03 +0000 http://productionadvice.co.uk/?p=2000#comment-2141 Great article Ian! All of the advice is solid, but in my experience, "take it easy on the bass" is the most crucial. I specialize in mastering electronic music, and am routinely amazed by the amount of sub bass in the mixes I receive. Many synths, particularly the Virus series, have a third oscillator to dial in a sine wave an octave below the main oscillators. Since most monitors don't extend that low, it's easy to get carried away. For that reason I always recommend using a frequency analysis plug-in on the master bus, as I describe here: http://passivepromotion.com/tighten-the-low-end-of-your-mix-with-a-frequency-analyzer Brian Hazard Resonance Mastering http://www.resonancemastering.com Great article Ian! All of the advice is solid, but in my experience, “take it easy on the bass” is the most crucial.

I specialize in mastering electronic music, and am routinely amazed by the amount of sub bass in the mixes I receive. Many synths, particularly the Virus series, have a third oscillator to dial in a sine wave an octave below the main oscillators. Since most monitors don’t extend that low, it’s easy to get carried away.

For that reason I always recommend using a frequency analysis plug-in on the master bus, as I describe here:

http://passivepromotion.com/tighten-the-low-end-of-your-mix-with-a-frequency-analyzer

Brian Hazard
Resonance Mastering
http://www.resonancemastering.com

]]> By: Ian Shepherd http://productionadvice.co.uk/how-to-make-your-music-loud/comment-page-1/#comment-2135 Ian Shepherd Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:08:40 +0000 http://productionadvice.co.uk/?p=2000#comment-2135 Thanks for the comments, guys ! I agree with Per, as I say in the post I have a lot of respect for the guys at MusicRadar. That post is just a blip, I'm sure :-) @enihmafon - I've updated my post, the TT dynamic range meter is freely available again: http://www.brainworx-music.de/en/downloadrequest Thanks for the comments, guys ! I agree with Per, as I say in the post I have a lot of respect for the guys at MusicRadar. That post is just a blip, I’m sure :-)

@enihmafon – I’ve updated my post, the TT dynamic range meter is freely available again:

http://www.brainworx-music.de/en/downloadrequest

]]> By: Per Lichtman http://productionadvice.co.uk/how-to-make-your-music-loud/comment-page-1/#comment-2130 Per Lichtman Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:48:41 +0000 http://productionadvice.co.uk/?p=2000#comment-2130 I think Ian would agree that this was asymptomatic for them: they typically provide great material. MusicRadar gets a lot of their content from Computer Music Magazine (with the remainder coming from other Future Music group publications and contributors). Computer Music Magazine frequently dispenses helpful production advice and their past "Producer Master Classes" have included heavyweights such as electronica producers Hybrid. They frequently get producers to contribute tips on producing specific types of sounds too. Anyway, keep in mind that they are targeting a broader audience than Ian's blog (which is excellent reading for any professional or prosumer engineer) but that they do maintain a high level of quality. -Per I think Ian would agree that this was asymptomatic for them: they typically provide great material.

MusicRadar gets a lot of their content from Computer Music Magazine (with the remainder coming from other Future Music group publications and contributors).

Computer Music Magazine frequently dispenses helpful production advice and their past “Producer Master Classes” have included heavyweights such as electronica producers Hybrid. They frequently get producers to contribute tips on producing specific types of sounds too.

Anyway, keep in mind that they are targeting a broader audience than Ian’s blog (which is excellent reading for any professional or prosumer engineer) but that they do maintain a high level of quality.

-Per

]]> By: enigmafon http://productionadvice.co.uk/how-to-make-your-music-loud/comment-page-1/#comment-2128 enigmafon Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:10:22 +0000 http://productionadvice.co.uk/?p=2000#comment-2128 what is music radar anyway? "a music review, news and equipment".. why on earth are they dishing out production advice? they should stick to what they do and leave the advice to professional sites like sound on sound. Here are some tools in the battle against loud.. http://enigmafon.com/2009/11/28/mixing-mastering-audio-and-the-loudness-wars/ what is music radar anyway? “a music review, news and equipment”.. why on earth are they dishing out production advice?
they should stick to what they do and leave the advice to professional sites like sound on sound.

Here are some tools in the battle against loud..

http://enigmafon.com/2009/11/28/mixing-mastering-audio-and-the-loudness-wars/

]]> By: Per Lichtman http://productionadvice.co.uk/how-to-make-your-music-loud/comment-page-1/#comment-2126 Per Lichtman Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:35:03 +0000 http://productionadvice.co.uk/?p=2000#comment-2126 As usual, your evenhanded, pragmatic and insightful comments should definitely help a lot of people and make for a great read. Kudos, Per As usual, your evenhanded, pragmatic and insightful comments should definitely help a lot of people and make for a great read.

Kudos,
Per

]]> By: Joe Gilder http://productionadvice.co.uk/how-to-make-your-music-loud/comment-page-1/#comment-2121 Joe Gilder Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:14:55 +0000 http://productionadvice.co.uk/?p=2000#comment-2121 Great, GREAT stuff, Ian. I know that I, for one, am guilty of over-compressing rather than automating the levels. It's really just an issue of laziness for me. It's easier to compress it a little more to "even out" the volume rather than spend some time automating things. Jolly good show. ;-) Great, GREAT stuff, Ian. I know that I, for one, am guilty of over-compressing rather than automating the levels.

It’s really just an issue of laziness for me. It’s easier to compress it a little more to “even out” the volume rather than spend some time automating things.

Jolly good show. ;-)

]]> By: Sigurdór http://productionadvice.co.uk/how-to-make-your-music-loud/comment-page-1/#comment-2119 Sigurdór Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:20:54 +0000 http://productionadvice.co.uk/?p=2000#comment-2119 He is British you know ;-) Good read and great points as usual. :) He is British you know ;-)
Good read and great points as usual. :)

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